2011 Tenere prices
 

Just seen on MCN that the 2011 price for the Tenere will be �6999 and the R1 just shy of �14000!

I think Yamaha prices are getting out of hand, the new Triumph 800 XC looks good value compared to these prices.

Anyone who bought a Tenere a couple of years ago would seem to have made a good investment :023:

Simon

I should think the ticket price in the dealers will be some what less than that .

Hi Simon yes those prices are correct , when I ordered my xtz660z . The salesman showed me the increace , I cringed :sign18: ...He also said the vat increase dosnt help either . Sad but true .

just my thoughts 14k for a r1 is a joke


i wouldnt get to worried ..about new prices ..

theres always someone that pays the new price ..
probably that they want the warranty
thenquite a few do 1600 miles in 12 months after fitting 750 quid worth of bits find that their old bandit was quicker or fall off doing a u turn

and then get rid of it as it will explode on its 2nd aniversary

and then sell it to me for 4300 quid :teaandcake[1]:

dont get too concerned there will be another along very shortly

im being honest ..the 660 will never fare well 2nd hand ..as the general press will brainwash the public that 100 horse power and abs are the making of a great adventure bike

then the reality .. it runs out of steam at 80 the gear spacing is to tall ...my god it vibrates alittle ...single cylinder imagine that ..grr

ok im only new to the tenere ..but not new to thumpers ..
if you dont intend to use the bike for what it was designed for .. it will fall short of the 100 hp twins and triples

so it will constantly be served up cheap by road biased buyers .
for that reason i fear the long term production life of this bike in its present form ... grrr

it may end up as sought after as the africa twin ..ten years from now

Glad I bought mine brand new in the crate for 4900 in September. When buying a bike new, decide what you are prepared to pay and ring 10 dealers offer to buy it there and then for 3 grand less than list over the phone and I assure you, one of them will take the money if its near month end.

I ALWAYS buy new cars and bikes this way and treat a list price as only something that people with pots of money pay.

Al.

you right ,,, thats what I did in December, salesman desperate for a sell ...to make his target so me beening very straight up told him '' You want to move stock ? , I said you give me the Tenere 660 on ZERO % and forfit the tax ect .... and you got a buyer .... he told me the 0% finished on 13th December and this was Xmas eve . he went hmmm .. I said well Richard Branson ses everything is negociatelble if I spelt that correct :confused5: . So I wrangled the deal on 0% after the deal closed the week after it finished . so if doese help if u go @ the end of the month :laughing11:
Martin

Your 2011 XTZ is dirt cheap compared to the Ozzie prices. I bought my 09 XTX in April 2010 & paid 8000 pounds for it.

A 2010 model XTZ bought right now in Oz costs 8500 Pounds.

Glad i brought mine in 09 exdemo modle ,And Blue/yellow the best Lookin one. But i think yamaha are going have to think about the price?
Take it easy

the yen is worth half as much as it was 3 years ago and is now at a 10 year low. Yamaha and all the other Japanese manufacturers aren't just putting the prices up for the hell of it.

Agreed that exchange rates have had a big impact.

It's not looking too rosey for Yamaha as they have to stick up their prices with presumably less sales, hopefully things will improve soon and not affect the UK bike industry too hard.

Simon

No matter what the yen does Yamaha need realistic pricing or else they will stop selling bikes.... no ifs no but's

putting high rrp just puts off potential buyers no matter what deals are available, when the bike magazines compare a 660 single against 800 twins and triples people just wont take them seriously.

Plus the teneres are being built in Italy so surely Yamaha europe should be setting the bikes prices.

I love my Ten but if i was looking to buy now : 1) i couldnt afford 7K
2) if I could I would look at the triumph or BMW as both are available for just over 7k they are different machines but there is no doubting that they currently offer better value for money

better still i would buy a ten second hand as they can be picked up for 3.5k and spend a few quid on the obvious upgrades ie kev mod , dna and hyperpro springs.

I still don't get it though the New price's keep on rising but used prices keep going down ??? i would have thought they would rise too

ahh well i hope Yamaha keep on producing great bikes and get their pricing back to reality.

In South Africa the 660Z is selling for 8,950 quid and that was the 2009 model! Don't know what the new price is yet.

Well there is a pretty major 'but' - there's no point them making or selling bikes if they (or their distributors or dealers) make a loss on each one they sell.

Interesting point.

You would have thought wouldn't you.....

My theory, and it's just a theory, I have no evidence to back it up.

The Yen is poor, so the price in some parts of the world is going to be artificially inflated due to exchange rates (Uber has a point though, they aren't going to sell at a loss), the increase in the VAT is going to increase any bike by 2.1% of it's last ticket price (2.1% is the same as takinging the 17.5% off and adding the 20%).

I think the key thing to remember is the bikes are assembled in Italy/Spain, not built. It's a bit anal, but it's important as I belive the parts are still coming in from Japan so the Yen rate is still important.

Second hand bikes,,,, If you consider that many bikes are a luxury item (you might dissagre, and I certainly would!), in that if your circumstances change and it comes down to choice, the wifes car is of more use than your bike to the family, then the bike is going to go. Given that it is a straight sale, and probably due to people needing the cash, then they are going to let the bike go for less, urgo, the prices keep falling... dealers offer less for the bikes as they need to sell these on in competition with private sellers etc etc. It's also a slack time to trade bikes, great time to buy if you are in the market.

The fuel prices may have some limited impact on bike sales in the spring, but I suspect it'll be the 125cc market that will pick up.

It's a funny old world.

Darren you right aye , but for me I have now I got it for and as a work horse and play bike .
For me it will be in use everyday all year till long time to come.
I know there are some of us .. yes do have it as a play bike / as a bit on the side :103:.... lol and its great . Im not one of those who park up a goodbike in the shed in the home and only take it out once a month only on a sunny day like some plastic fantasic tupperware boys . But each to thier own :kermit:
Hoping to get in touch with Tenere Doug soon as he live up the the road from my house probly go out hook up with anyothers around Cheshire cool .
Martin

worringly BMW rekon their new G650GS will be priced at under or around 5 grand !!!!!!!! what most of us paid for our tens

I can't see many people buying Tenere's for 1700 quid more when both bikes offer a very similar package.

do i see trend here
i dont want to ride a computer


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By minkyhead at 2011-01-21